Skye, Kensaleyre, Kensaleyre House
Manse (19th Century)
Site Name Skye, Kensaleyre, Kensaleyre House
Classification Manse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Old Manse; Snizort Manse
Canmore ID 11329
Site Number NG45SW 18
NGR NG 41507 52715
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11329
- Council Highland
- Parish Snizort
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
SKensaleyre (Ceann Sàil Aoighre)
Snizort Parish Church, possibly designed by Alexander Laing, though overseen by James Gillespie Graham, 1800-01 Gillespie Graham's first large commission for Lord Macdonald remains a stark landmark in the bald landscape. Originally a rectangular box, it was extended with a piend-roofed snout in 1839, a chubby minister's room protruding from the opposite side. Generous gothic glazing and a later bellcote (1872) provide the only external adornment. Rescued from threat of demolition by Robert Hurd & Partners, the lofty galleried interior with original pulpit was restored (Civic Trust Commendation,1982). A mile or so north is the former manse (now Kensaleyre House), Gillespie Graham, 1802-3.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG45SW 18 41507 52715
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: Alexander Ross, I. A. July 23 1872, additions and repairs.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Scottish Records Office:
Estimate and measurement for Snizort Manse.
The estimate amounts to #358.4.10.
Signed by Alexander Dick as an estimate of a plan approved by Lord Macdonald's Commissioners.
1800. GD 221/15/1
Competion of the Manse of Snizort.
Letter from James Gillespie, Architect to John Campbell W.S.
The Manse is included in a last of works 'formerly began and finished this year'.
1803. GD221/91.
Proposed offices to be built for the Manse.
Plans and an estimate and specification by Murdo Bethune, Wright, were laid before the Presbytery by the Minister and accepted after various alterations.
Extracts from Presbytery minutes.
1806 GD221/30/4.
Proposed offices for the Manse of Snizort.
Letter Duncan MacDougall, Chamberlain of Skye to John Campbell, W.S.
The office houses requested for the Manse of Snizort have been contracted for.
1806. GD221/68/26.
Expense of building Snizort Manse and Kitchen 1802-1803.
It amounts to #1059.14.8.
Account of expenditure by Lord Macdonald on public buildings 1800-1814.
Rendered by James Gillespie, architect.
1815. GD/221/28/2.
Account of expense of building Snizort Manse.
Begun 1802. Finished 1803.
It amounts to #1059.14.8.
Signed by James Gillespie, architect.
1819. GD/221/15/1.
Report on the Manse of Snizort.
Report on Lord Macdonald's estate in Skye by Dr Macleod and another.
According to the writer the Manse was repaired in 1819-1820 at a cost of #92.11.3.
1829 GD221/121.
Repair of the Manse.
Payment of Lord Macdonald's proportion of the cost.
It amounts to #93.19.11.
1845. GD/221/134/1.
